Atlanta and Easter

James and I headed over to Atlanta Wednesday to stay with Jo Anna and Hannah (my sister-in-law and niece) on their Spring Break, while Josh stayed back to work. We had a great time and just got back last night! James was extremely active on the plane ride over there, but he was happy and never fussed, so I was thankful. Wednesday, after getting up at 3 am, leaving at 3:45, and flying out at on the first flight, we were exhausted, so we just chilled at Jo Anna's house. On Thursday, James's Nana Anna and cousins Josie and Jeb came over to play all day. They had a ball together, and James thoroughly enjoyed being babied by Hannah and Josie. They put him in his stroller and pushed him around the house countless time, and he was as happy as could be! I'd never seen him so still during his awake hours! That night, we ate dinner with Aunt Jayne, Papa Joe, and Jayme. I really enjoyed chatting with them, and James really enjoyed Papa Joe feeding him his first key lime pie! :) James slept horribly during this trip, so Friday morning, Jo Anna, Hannah, and Josie took James with them to something they were doing at church, and let me rest at the house. That was heavenly and much needed! When they came back, we headed over to downtown Atlanta to stay at the Marriott for Hannah's Lads To Leaders convention. We stopped on the way over to drop Josie off with Jerrod, Josh's brother, so I was glad we got to see him, even if it was just for a minute. Hannah was to give a speech, do a puppet contest, and lead singing, so we spent a lot of time helping her prepare. We really had a lot of fun with it! We were trying to help her be more expressive, so I got up in front of Jo Anna and Hannah to give the speech and gave my best motivational speaking (think Chris Farley), and we laughed till we cried! That night was an awards ceremony, and we ran into a bunch of people that Josh grew up with at church. I enjoyed getting to show James to them and hear them tell me how much he looked like Josh! Saturday morning, Hannah gave her speech with the other 3rd grade girls and did a great job! I was SO proud of her and was so glad that I got to see her give it. We left Saturday afternoon and I could not have had an easier time flying back. Josh and I both prayed for James to do well, and he slept the ENTIRE TIME! He fell asleep when we got to the gate, they let me be the 1st one on (they don't usually do that) since I had James, I had the whole row (3 seats) to myself, and he fell asleep the minute we started moving! I laid him down on two seats, propped my feet up, and smiled! Josh picked me up in Dallas, and I came home to snow everywhere! Crazy, crazy weather!!



Easter weekend has been great. It started last night, eating dinner at Elizabeth's. This morning, the Easter bunny came to James (with a little help from Nana and Deedah). These pics are from after lunch. This is an extra special day, not only because Jesus rose from the grave, but James was born last Easter!! I have been very sentimental thinking about it. My little Easter bunny is almost a year old!! This week I'm going to be working hard planning for the big day. We're going all out for his birthday and we're calling it "My Super Sweet 1st Birthday". JK!! If you've seen "My Super Sweet 16", you'll get that. We are actually just having family (+ Joey) over for cake, Sunday lunch, and presents, and I'm really excited about it! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend! Please say a prayer for my niece, Mary Elizabeth, who is having surgery for her kidney reflux tomorrow.